English-Czech translations for tidal wave

• přílivová vlna
  Přílivová vlna se přehnala vnitrozemím v dosahu 35 kilometrů, zaplavila pole a mnoho z nich zanechala slaná. The tidal wave swept inland for 22 miles, flooding fields and leaving many of them heavily salinated.
  To je přílivová vlna, kterou musíme zastavit a pouze lepší pasy tuhle záležitost nevyřeší. This is a tidal wave that we have to stop, and better passports alone will not solve this matter.

Definition of tidal wave

• A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• A large, sudden inundation of water from the storm surge, or waves of that surge
• A crest of ocean water; a wave

Examples

• The last tidal wave here killed twenty and left thousands homeless
• As the doors opened, a tidal wave of people flooded into the room
• I was overcome by a tidal wave of emotions

Related words

• tidal
• intertidal
• supratidal
• cotidal
• co-tidal
• infratidal
• tidal force
• tidal power
• tidal energy